it's the john oliver of marty america's. better than. the sea diver heard of. jack the. president of the world bank he. sent us an e-mail. the u.s. led coalition in the country is dissolved saying that the forces are destroying everything but islamic state. while syrian government forces edge forwards again. we will bring you an exclusive report from the front line isis is making it. wasn't. like that. was where the spanish prime minister demands catalonia clarifies whether he actually declared the region's independence all not the deadline for this monday. the journalistic standards

of the new york times have been called into question after one of its editors was caught on camera bragging about how biased that is. a. very good evening to you my name is neil harvey you're watching and. we'll start this hour with syria where the government army bank by russian cover is gradually advancing against islamic state in the province of barriers or but each victory is coming at a high price the terrorists are fighting fiercely to retain their strongholds in the region the village of which has just been liberated witnessed a brutal battle. following the liberation of the syrian army is now advancing on eisel positions to the northwest but before that artie's right goes the fall of the

troops as they moved into. a troubled right across the areas only bridge over the euphrates river from where he sent his this report. under a bright blue sky through devastated country across the euphrates over the only bridge in the entire province we came to the village of had less than a day ago this was part of the caliphate but no longer from what we were told the syrian army's fifth division did the heavy lifting here much of had has already been swept and cleared but not all it isn't like the movies doors rarely open at the first peek. then came the first warning might. go to many no no no and.

he was right it wasn't one of their as. isis back up had arrived reinforce the jihad ists felt confident enough to pick a fight and we weren't in a good place the syrian army responded quickly but there was some confusion at first. then about a. there will never know how many. five hundred meters from hadleigh village isis is making it. doesn't it dug in. behind that house over there. to. be harassing syrian troops what they're doing is they're driving around in circles using speed and distance as their protection taking potshots the other things

hiding behind house driving out firing for a little bit. hiding back before the syrian. with heavier weapons it isn't going to get the game very much but it's a harassing stick in keeping everyone today during the fierce firefight one of the pickup trucks stopped here is one of the jihad ists briefly showing himself while spraying the way on full auto with a clear targets out came the heavy of weapons. it was a miss try again. the scrap isis lost but everything you just saw was shot within the span of

a single hour in one village with a small unit these scenes being repeated hourly across the front hundreds of kilometers wide more i guess dia. from hadleigh syria. meanwhile syria's foreign minister has demanded the dissolution of the us led coalition in his country he claims that the operation is nothing but a cover up a serious destruction. love goodman the u.s. led coalition has to be dissolved because it commits crimes against the syrian people fountains of syrian citizens most of them women and children have become victims of these crimes during the past two months this coalition was created to destroy eisel but instead it destroys the syrian people not. on the country protects i saw this coalition must cease to exist so that it ceases to commit

crimes in syria now those comments from the syrian foreign minister were made during talks with his russian counterpart part sergey lavrov and of course moscow has also in the past questioned america's intentions and the fact of this in the region the activities of u.s. led forces raise many questions in some cases the forces of courage to of the terrorists to attack strategic positions rightfully regain but damascus where they have deliberately engaged in bloody provocations against our forces attacking some strong allegations there but is there any evidence to support them well there's been little indications that are sort of piling up at this point on wednesday the russian defense ministry actually claimed that three hundred to three hundred islamic state terrorists in pick up trucks freely past or a zone in syria's. region where the coalition has a base and has determined an explanation from the u.s. side given that in the past any investment on that base or any movement in that area has been met with very strong reaction from the u.s.

but these militants seem to a pastor of untouched a ditch additionally in the end of september the russian ministry of defense released aerial images which they said showed us army equipment and outposts near dares or that had been held by eisel just days before and the problem is there was no indication no signs that fighting had taken place in the area indicating that the patients had possibly been taken without force plus of course no. trolls were obviously being conducted again and acadian that the u.s. forces felt safe in that area theoretically if they'd just taken those locations from islamic state there would be the fear of them coming back in attempt to retake them but no patrols being conducted encouraging the speculation that the us may have had some sort of understanding with the terrorists that a simple handover may have taken place and of course we contacted central command asking for an explanation or at least some sort of comment on the images they flat out deny the claims adding however that they would not and could not comment on the

locations of their coalition forces some of those some of the criticism and i mean syria they alone in condemning the u.s. led coalition was the international reaction there has actually been a number of wide condemnation from humanitarian organizations as well right now one of the coalition's manes main fight is to push i saw out of rock which is of course at this point the de facto capital of islamic state but both humanitarian organizations and the u.n. have raised alarm over the number of civilian casualties that are being reported in rocca as the coalition continues to heavily bombed the city were set up to twenty five thousand innocent civilians may actually be trapped at this point in time so questions and objections have been swirling for a while now especially given the fact that washington was never actually invited into the country in the first place so at this point all we can do is wait and see what sort of reaction of will be coming from the coalition. speaking with all of

these gentlemen meanwhile leisel has claimed that it was behind the triple suicide bombing reportedly killed up to nine people in the syrian capital goods reports on the ground it began with two attack is attempting to enter the city's police headquarters this resulted in clashes with the guards which prompted the bombers to detonated their explosives shortly after a market nearby was also hit by a suicide explosion. to spain now where the prime minister mariano rajoy is given catalonia as leadership five days in which to clarify whether they actually because named independence from spain or not but it could even oceanography and diligent catalan president has to confirm whether any of the authorities proclaimed independence of the lonny at or whether his speech held on tenth of october include a declaration of independence it's a simple question. if the answer is positive or there is no answer at all we will

demand mr president to revoke the independence to gratian so for the first demand the answer should be presented to turn the clock of monday morning for the second to which we hope there would be no need to go ten o'clock thursday morning. and to see the church and he joins me on the line so we heard the council on president talking about negotiations not a very welcome response the whole is that the door closed now in negotiations. well neal you know the way things sound it looks like the situation has gone from a chess game to upping the ante to see who blinks first and now really both sides or at least madrid certainly at this hour running out of patience and demanding clarity because as we see now the spanish prime minister now wanting the cat which they want to make it clear whether they're in or out of spain and he's earlier also said today that the room for mediation the way things stand is certainly not there

given that madrid still continues to see the results of the observer first referendum illegal. it's impossible to start a dialogue on something prohibited by the constitution and this is something that those numerous mediators who offered to broker a solution for this crisis most of them with the best intentions should take into account i have to thank them for their involvement and interest but mediation is not possible between a democratic law and disobedience and a lawful. thank you while all of this confusion about what is going to happen with catalonia next comes from really last night where the catholic leader karla's put him on it was largely expected to potentially come out and declare the independence of catalonia which he kind of did and also didn't. catalonia is independent and is going to continue to move in that direction however he said the declaration is being

suspended for a couple of weeks leaving room for mediation so now madrid is saying look it's time to make up your mind there was the referendum there was this potential on the announcement where it wasn't really clear what was announced by puts them on and this was certainly something that's left lots of people with their eyebrows raised here on the ground in catalonia especially the ones who have been fighting long and hard for the region this independence with some even going so far as to call the situation a betrayal from the council on leadership. that. we will not return to any parliamentary activity until steps towards the implementation of the republic. well this was a statement from the c u p which is quite a key party in the castle and regional parliament which forms along with the which is that together for us a coalition of parties that when they came to form a slim majority in the parliament here that was seen as the first step towards independence for catalonia so their impatience and their unhappiness with the

situation is really seen as understandable here on the ground given that we have a situation now where carla's which to montreux promise to proclaim the region's independence within forty eight hours of the votes of the year for the first referendum being announced now trying to basically sit on several chairs at once making madrid unhappy making the people who wanted the independence to be proclaimed following the or into a referendum on happy and really oh we're just going to have to wait and see what happens next because obviously at least madrid and the people here who voted for independence are really beginning to run out of patience you know we have that forty eight hour deadline and then it was changed just today two weeks and now we get into the deadline monday and still no decision we are going to watch with great interest i'm sure you'll be busy many things. alone. literature and culture expert from so tundras university in scotland told us that madrid slams the door on dog every toy the council on north ortiz tried to talk.

well the croatians was no their voices because only one of the sides us prepared to engage you dialogue has been brewing. around two thousand and six during the last thirty years of. government money tried. to engage in dialogue with the scottish government trying to for a living. but. it is all true for you the majority of the talking people again. really really want to avoid to find out in order to find out who's in for you on who's against you need to have a vote. through an election or via a referendum. already been tried twice in very difficult circumstances president bush the moment he was prepared to dialogue without any previous conditions but for the same. token if you move the dial you need.

two sites it takes two to tango. the journalistic standards of the new york times newspaper have been questioned after a video surfaced of one of it said it is revealing his political and professional views on t. samir khan the details project veritas founded by a controversial political activist has released hidden camera conversations with new york times' audience strategy editor nicholas dudek as part of its america proper series aiming at exposing the bias of the us as mainstream media dudek allegedly worked earlier for presidential campaigns of both hillary clinton and barack obama in the video he even claims that former f.b.i. director james quote me quote his godfather although he later changed his story while discussing journalistic ethics today openly admitted to not being objective and even said that this is exactly why he got back into journalism after the two

thousand and sixteen press. eventually campaign if you're going to be held in the time you. think you would be if. there. was nothing there you know of anything. specific but he also explains how much power he has in controlling the stories in the newspaper as well as revealing his connections with people in silicon valley that helped him get his stories to the front pages and social media well besides that he described specifically how in his opinion president trump should be targeted in the media in order to force him to resign targets business. don't. go there so they're running around like. here's what it was or. where you are. or he was shot so that we should have with all the claims made in the video it comes to light that dudek has clearly violated

new york times' own ethical handbook according to section sixty two employees must do nothing that might raise questions about their professional neutrality or that of the times in its response new york times admitted the violation but claimed that dudek exaggerated the control he has in the outlet but this isn't the first time project veritas has exposed the mainstream media of a previously revealed how c.n.n. was hyping up stories about russia for ratings what do you think's going to happen this week to be told russia. that's been just a week that they really. want to see them constantly in. russia. this regime is free to reserve the right and project veritas says a more in its american prophetess series coming so we can definitely expect more stunning revelation about the mainstream media to come. it is a day of national pride for iceland after the country qualified for the world cup

for the first time in its history after the team defeated kosovo to no. crowds across iceland celebrated the country making its way to next year's finals here in russia it's the smallest nation ever to reach the championship it has a population of fewer than four hundred thousand. prime minister revealed to former football this tank ali moore the secret of how his tiny nation surprised the pundits and defied the odds how would you feel as prime minister of the smallest nation ever to qualify for the faithful local well

i'm just simply extremely proud. on behalf of the players and on behalf of all eyes on this i've been following the body closely for a long time now. proud this is the way i feel if you really what cards you can achieve amazing things and that is for me the most valuable thing investment is in . pitches pitches coaches pitches at schools it's now bearing fruit this is no miracle this is something that happened a decade or so ago and it's now starting to produce it's not just about professional football is what people call the already enjoying their sports and iceland is a is a huge sports center. after official turf is what we are introducing now. and it's been happening over a long long period what the collapse of doing for the kids straight out of school the gold club sunday can use the facilities and what is happening in the

social life is also reflected by the. participation in different sports when i was growing up there was this one or two arts girls that spread practice in simon england football now my girl is thirteen c. is in a club where that out forty fifty at your age only in my small town i believe you will not find anywhere in the world the same density of indoor football pitches and outdoor official grass as you will find in iceland so it's wait to russia with love here or you going to go the going to be lots of heads of states their prime ministers presidents will you be one of the told in moscow also. doing the hoop yes i'll be going to. devise and success is wetting your appetite for next year's world cup here in russia then you should may sell a new football program is the stan collymore show interviews with the likes of

marino pele the biggest names in the game starting later this month. i played for many clubs over the years so i know the game inside guys. always and only about what happens on the pitch for the final school it's about the passion from the families it's the age of the super money just kill you narrowness and spend each year to twenty million and one player. it's an experience like nothing else not to because i want to share what i think of what i know about the beautiful game great so what chance with. me it's going to take. five more russian speaking children who'd been left stranded in a baghdad orphanage have returned to their home country they were reportedly taken to iraq by their radicalized parents who joined islamic state but now following the

terror of war and weeks away from their ordeal is almost over they will arrive in the home towns in southern russia on thursday and children will still require psychological support off the what they've been three you know their stories you. know you. get all this.

other stuff. a former adviser to barack obama has revealed the so-called special relationship between the u.s. and the u.k. was actually seen as a joke for decades american and british leaders made a point of stressing how strong and important it was explain all his obvious police . repeat something long enough and people will believe that the relationship between america and britain will remain strong our relationship is very special special relationship that exists between our two nations our people forge friendships together that is what makes this relationship special i hope to have

a good relationship with them has over the years been a special relationship it was very important for us to mention the special relationship in every press conference that we had when the u.k. were here but really we laughed about it behind the scenes nowadays on both sides of the pond the phrase special relationship is rarely uttered without a generous dose of irony some say that started with the bromance between these two leaders something maybe that you some personal interest that you have in common maybe in religion or something or to our newsmaker we both you call him toothpaste tony blair's support for the u.s. led invasion of iraq and him the unsavory nickname of bush's poodle america was less reciprocal in its loyalty though when bush's success so weighed in on the u.k.'s brags that referendum in twenty sixteen there might be a. u.k. u.s. trade agreement is not going to happen time soon and u.k.

is going to be. in the back of the queue in a glossy magazine interview the same month barack obama gave david cameron a dressing down for his handling of the libyan intervention. i had more faith in the europeans given libya's proximity being invested in the follow up david cameron soon stopped paying attention becoming distracted by a range of other things twenty seventeen ushered in a new jew as the figureheads of the world's most famous long distance relationship keen to prove it specialness to reason may was first to visit the newly inaugurated donald trump q some awkward hand-holding and yet more talk of friendship we have one of the great bonds we pledge a lasting support to this most special relationship but according to reports donald trump's promise to prioritize a trade deal with the u.k. was broken just days later when the german chancellor angela merkel convinced him

to deal with the e.u. first and just last month the u.s. didn't shy away from slapping heavy import tariffs on bomb body eight jets made in northern ireland after a complaint from u.s. company boeing and basically disappointed by this news of hugely important to northern ireland in terms of the jobs that telecom special relationship was immortalized by winston churchill but over seventy years down the line the rhetoric and the reality don't seem to match and that makes it increasingly prone to ridicule no particular special before it might have pain i think it's going to be it's our now everyone is like almost like going on their own way they'll do all they want to do regardless of what we want to do there are elements of fragments of what was once a special relationship in the sense of risk and water and waters and depending on

who's in charge of the two camps and it's very wide at the moment it's complicated . and finally what will be the first long connection between crimea and the russian mainland the strait bridge is gradually taking shape.

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